AFGHANISTAN/RUSSIA: “I think Russia, the last thing they want is to get involved with Afghanistan. Okay? The last thing they want. They were there for a long time. The Soviet Union became Russia because of Afghanistan, because they got beaten so badly in Afghanistan.”
-Donald Trump on July 8, 2020 as quoted by Marc A. Thiessen, “Trump confirms, in an interview, a U.S. cyberattack on Russia,’” washingtonpost.com, July 10, 2020